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of the waters, rising up and going down, up the aerial way and down the earth, down the earth and up the aerial way:
Thus rise up and roll along ! thou in whose rising and growing Ahura Mazda made everything that grows
13 (33). Up! rise up, ye deep Stars, that have in you the seed of waters ? ;
Rise up above Hara Berezaiti, and produce light for the world (and mayst thou (O man !] rise up there, if thou art to abide in Garð-nmânem), along the path made by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, the watery way they opened.
14 (34). 'And the Holy Word shall keep away the evil : Of thee [o child !] I will cleanse the birth and growth ; of thee [O woman !] I will make the body and the strength pure ; I make thee rich in children and rich in milk;
15 (34). 'Rich in seed, in milk, in fat, in marrow, and in offspring. I shall bring to thee a thousand pure springs, running towards the pastures that will give food to the child.
16 (34). 'As the sea Vouru-kasha is the gathering place of the waters, rising up and going down, up the aerial way and down the earth, down the earth and up the aerial way:
Thus rise up and roll along! ye in whose rising and growing Ahura Mazda made everything that rises.
17 (35). “In your rising away will the Kahvuzi 3 fly and cry, away will the A yêhio fly and cry, away will the Gahi, who follows the Yâtu, fly and cry.
1 The plants that grow under the action of those stars that have in them the seed of waters' (cf. § 13).
. Cf. Yt. XII, 29. s "He who diminishes glory, Ahriman' (Comm.) + Sterility, Ahriman' (Comm.)
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